February 12, 2025 • 31 mins
What happens when a compassionate nurse discovers a passion for reducing anxiety through decluttering? Join us as we hear from Jaimie Bubb, the inspiring force behind Urge to Purge, a business born from a deeply personal mission. Jaimie's journey began in the midst of a family crisis, where she found solace and purpose in helping her brother create a calm, organized space. With her unique blend of nursing skills and a knack for organization, Jamie has turned her personal experience into a transformative service aimed at bringing peace to others' lives.
As we explore the complexities of balancing family life with entrepreneurship, the conversation dives into the dynamics of working alongside family members. My nearly 20-year marriage with Terry, who seamlessly supports the business with his marketing expertise, serves as a testament to the power of complementary strengths. Navigating the whirlwind of family obligations and business challenges together, we share insights into the rewarding yet demanding journey of raising three energetic children while nurturing our professional endeavors.
From emotional attachments to household items to the logistics of finding space for client consignments, Jaimie offers practical guidance on managing clutter with empathy. We discuss innovative solutions for preserving memories without the physical burden, and highlight the heartwarming "Grinch and Give" initiative, a community-driven effort to support local organizations with gently used toys. Jaimie's passion for making a positive community impact shines through, as we look forward to expanding this initiative with partners like Big Blue Moving. Tune in for an episode filled with meaningful stories and actionable tips for creating a more serene living environment.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Mike Murphy.
Thank you, Charlie.
Yes, I am Mike Murphy, host ofthe Good Neighbor Podcast.
We are a podcast designed tohelp the residents of Northern
Kentucky know local businessowners and influencers as people
(00:25):
and not just as a logo on thebusiness card or the side of a
truck.
And you know, the more you knowabout the local business owners
, the more you tend to want todo business with them.
So that's why we're here today.
So the business owner that'swith me today is a good friend,
Jamie Bubb.
She's also a neighbor.
Yes, she walked herself downhere to my basement studio.
(00:47):
So we get to actually be coziedup to the mic together, as
opposed to doing sort of like aZoom-based podcast.
I like this better.
Yeah, it is so much better,yeah, and so welcome to the show
, jamie.
Thank you for having me.
I really appreciate it.
By the way, I want Mike'sbasement.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
It's got all the things entertainment.
Thank you for having me.
I really appreciate it.
By the way, I want Mike'sbasement.
It's got all the thingsentertainment.
Yeah, Other than Michigan.
I am totally jealous of hisbasement.
So kudos to you and your wife.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I assume you guys are Buckeye fans.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
We sure, are we sure?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
are yeah.
So given the fact that Michiganand Ohio State have won the
last two national championships,Michigan and Ohio State have
won the last two nationalchampionships.
That means we are due for theultimate showdown next season.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
And we will win Mike, so sorry in advance.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
We'll see.
We don't want to start fightingbefore we even begin the
podcast.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
We'll take that down.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
So let's put a pin in that.
Let's just put a note.
Sounds good.
Yeah, circle back later.
Go blue, go Buckeyes.
So one of the things that we'rehere to talk about today is
your business Urge to Purge, andyou know a heck of a lot more
about it than I do, so we'regoing to let you talk about Urge
(02:00):
to Purge.
What is Urge to Purge?
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Fantastic and I've got my Urge to Purge shirt on
right here.
So Urge to Purge I started overthe summer, and for Urge to
Purge, basically kind of thebackstory and why I started, it
is, first of all, I'm a nurse bybackground and over the summer,
my brother and he's open to mesharing this but my brother went
through a bit of a mentalhealth crisis and so they had
(02:23):
adopted a baby, they had a lotgoing on, and so basically with
him, things stopped for him.
He had to stop work and so hewas going through a really rough
time, and so the only thing Ikind of knew how to do is go
over there.
The sister and the nurse in meis like, okay, how can I help?
And so we all kind of jumped tohelp him and, being there with
him and his family, I lookedaround.
I thought, ok, what are thethings that I can tackle for him
(02:45):
and for his wife and for thisbaby that can take some anxiety
off of him.
So let's go through the pantry,let's go through the laundry
room, let's kind of makeeverything nice and decluttered
and kind of give them a freshstart with everything that they
had going on, take that anxietyoff of them.
So that's kind of where wherethe story started and why I
started.
Urge to Purge Started with mybrother and then obviously kind
(03:10):
of grew it from there.
So some family, friends, familyyou know continued to kind of
ask me to come over help themwith things, and it just grew
from there.
There was such a need for it.
But also for me it's verycathartic.
I think it's the nurse in methat was like this feels kind of
like bedside care I'm able totake care of people and leave
kind of feeling better aboutthings and they're feeling
better about things.
And so I think my big focus forUrge to Purge is mental health
and just really helping peoplekind of reduce that burden,
(03:32):
reduce that anxiety and you know, if there's little things I can
do around the house for themthat makes them feel good and
makes them want to use theirspace to the fullest, that
that's what makes me happy.
So really for Urge to Purge,what I do is I go into clients'
homes, talk about what theirgoals are, what are the spaces
that they would like to bedecluttered, and some places I'm
going in and they just want amaster closet done.
(03:54):
Some places I'm going in like.
I have a current client rightnow.
Her entire condo is clutteredand she just didn't know where
to start.
So kind of head to toe.
It just depends on what theclient needs.
But I go in.
I think what sets me aside alittle bit is I go in focus on
purge first and that's urge topurge, because I don't want to
focus on organizing.
Organizing is kind of a nice tohave and I do organizing, but
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the purging and the declutteringreally has to come first, and
then organization is kind of thecherry on top.
So that's what I do and that'swhy I do it.
And so it's really just grownand kind of everything that is
coming to me including, thanksto you, the podcast and
different things that are comingmy way.
I just take each thing as itcomes because it feels natural,
(04:38):
it feels like the next thing Ishould be doing with the
business, so it's been reallyexciting.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Okay.
So I can kind of see how peoplecould reach a point where
things kind of get on top ofthem and they don't know where
to begin.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
I'll be honest when it comes to business, I'm that
way.
I have an ever growing to-dolist.
I work my way through what Ican, yep, and before you know it
, I've got the week's worth ofstuff staring at me and it's got
to be done in the next two orthree days.
Right, and in those moments I'mnot sure where to begin.
Right, right.
We are all wired differently ashuman beings, and so I have
(05:14):
learned it's OK to ask for help.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
But some of us are too stubborn to do it so,
logically, we know it, but wedon't always take the time to
say all right, I can't do thison my own, I need help.
So you are a natural bornhelper and you're a safe place
for those of us to turn.
Safe place to land.
Safe place to land so thatpeople can get unstuck and move
(05:42):
forward.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
That's probably one of the biggest things I hear is,
regardless of the clients thatI'm helping, that really is the
main thing that they say I don'tknow where to start.
Please come in, help me getmotivated.
Some of my clients, includingsome of our neighbors, they just
they're busy, they have spacesthat are cluttered, that in
their mind and, like your to-dolist, it's something that's just
(06:03):
in the back of their mind,that's bothering them.
So even though they're goingthrough their normal day kicking
butt in their business, theystill in the back of their mind
realize there's that room orthere's that closet or there's
that space and for those peoplethat that really weighs them
down.
And I've noticed for certainpeople, especially if it, if it
gets to be to the point of thisclient that I have, it's her
entire condo.
She doesn't want to go outsideof her condo because she feels
(06:27):
stuck in the clutter.
She feels stuck and doesn'tfeel like she should go outside
because she feels like sheshould be inside working on her
home and so just me being thatthird party person to go in.
That's really been beneficialfor her to say, even if I'm just
sitting next to her let's sitnext to each other, let's go
through this bin together, moveon to the next one, and so
that's really been helpful forher.
(06:49):
But again, each client isdifferent but I have heard from
my clients Thank you for havingno judgment.
You know, when you're cominginto my home, because I've been
embarrassed about the basement,I've been embarrassed about the
playroom and it's like that'sfine, there's, there's no
(07:10):
judgment for my end not just thenurse in me, but I've already
seen a lot and I and clutterdoesn't, it doesn't scare me,
Like it doesn't matter how muchclutter you have.
There's no judgment.
So that's why I have the jobthat I have is because I want to
be able to come in and help theclutter.
To be honest, it sounds weird.
The more clutter you have, themore excited I get, because I
realized there's opportunitythere and there's things that we
can do to tackle it.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
So okay, Well, you started with your brother and
you forgive me if you've alreadymentioned this, but how long
ago was that?
How long have you sort of beenin this mode?
When was that it's been about?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
June.
June is kind of the timeframewhere that kind of all hit.
And just so, prior to startingthis business, I'm a nurse, but
also I was in health IT forabout 12, 13 years and so that
job also, as I was kind ofstarting this business, I
realized I don't think this iswhat I'm supposed to be doing, I
(07:55):
don't think I should becontinuing this.
This is really what I want toput my focus.
And so with my husband, terryand I, we were like OK, this is
what you want to do, this iswhat makes you feel good and
this is what you think is goingto be your next chapter.
And that's that's where I amtoday.
So I'm super excited and talkabout mental health.
I think when I put away the oldjob, I just I felt this burden
(08:16):
come off because now I'm I'm incontrol of the business.
I'm in control of what happensnext, and so that's been a huge
relief for me too, and that wasthe clutter in my life that I
was able to get off, and now Ifeel like I'm doing the right
thing.
I'm this is what I'm meant tobe doing, so I'm excited about
that.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
So I'm kind of wired, a little bit like you, in that
I enjoy helping people.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Yes, you do.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
And when you're helping others, you are also
helping yourself.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
So it's therapeutic for the helper as much as it is
the person who's raising theirhand and saying I need help.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Right, and I like that about you because what I've
noticed about certain people,you included, is you're not
holding anything close to yourchest.
If something's worked for youor you've known it's worked for
somebody else that you've helped, you're just like an open book
Use this, try this.
Have you thought about this?
And that's thank you for that.
That's been great.
And so the people that I've runinto you know that are in their
(09:08):
own business.
They've started their own smallbusiness.
Thank you for those that I'vetalked to, including Mike.
Just any little tidbit that youknow I've been given, I've just
taken that and just try tofigure out if that's going to
work for me.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
So the local entrepreneurial community is
very giving and we all want tohelp each other and and and you
know, if you help somebody thenit boomerangs back and you get
so much more out of it than whatyou, what you give.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
So exactly, yeah, I feel like if you put out to the
universe not only that you wantto grow your business and do
better, but if you're looking atsomebody else not just to say
how can you help me with mybusiness, but it's like let's
get to know each other first andthen let's figure out how I can
help grow your business andvice versa.
I feel like I want to startwith the relationship first,
like you and I have, and thenalso kind of move on from there
(09:54):
and just figure out how we cancollaborate and how we can grow.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Okay, and sometimes that involves a podcast.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
It does, and this is my first time, mike, so thank
you for that.
I'm excited, you're welcome.
You're welcome.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
And I'm still learning.
With every podcast, I'mlearning.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
So how many have you done?
Speaker 1 (10:07):
by the way, 55 ish, I think so far.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
But I've got.
I've got colleagues who havedone four or five hundred yes,
and one who's approaching athousand right now.
Wow, so I have a long way to go.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Wow, but you've already helped 55 people, so
that's huge.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Yeah, storytelling and education is a huge part of
what I do, yes, so that's whywe're cozied up to the mic today
.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
That's right.
That's right Storytelling.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Yes, I love your logo , thank you.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Thank you, I appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Okay, so let's talk a little bit about the fact that
when you are a business owner,your family, especially your
spouse, is kind of very heavilyinvolved, whether they want to
be or not.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
So you mentioned Terry's name.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
What does Terry do?
So my husband, terry, first ofall.
We'll be married 20 years thisyear, which is crazy.
I'm old, but thank you.
He is amazing.
He actually works for Valvoline, which is located in Lexington.
Thankfully, post pandemic he'swork.
He's working remotely primarily, but he has been amazing.
He's got marketing and he'scurrently in marketing and
(11:14):
that's kind of his background,his backgrounds in business, and
so this really fit really welland so he's been able to kind of
brag about me in his space andon LinkedIn and kind of do his
thing there.
But also, you know, help melaunch the website and help me
think about how we can market,how we can advertise.
And so it's been.
It's been fun.
I mean, we've had a couple youknow tips here and there,
because he he knows the way thatI want to run things, but also
(11:38):
he's like well, what about this,or have you thought about this?
And so we're the marriage ofthis whole business is kind of
we're working some of the kinksout for sure.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
And you're like hey, hey, bucko, I know yeah Like,
leave me alone.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yeah, exactly.
Well, he's the way he thinks islike an Excel sheet and I don't
think like an Excel sheet, butit's good.
I think that's a good balanceof he's the details, he's the
detail oriented one and onceeverything, the process and the
things laid out, and I'm like Ijust want to go in and help them
.
And he's like, yeah, we got todo these things first too.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
So it's been a really good.
She thinks spreadsheets and akeyboard.
If it doesn't have a 10 keycalculator keypad, she's lost.
Yeah, it takes sometimes theyin and the yang to be able to
work through these things as acouple.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Totally A hundred percent.
Yeah, I think he's.
He's a little bit more detailoriented and I'm more the people
pleaser, you know, want to getin there and do it myself, and
so we're kind of just.
You know, we're learning ourour way through, which has been
great.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
So I've seen your kids running around the
neighborhood.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
Yes, they do that.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Great kids, all of them you know.
Very cute, very well behaved,thank you, that's on you guys.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
In public.
They do that very well.
Yes.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
I'm sure that a half hour before bedtime it's not
always that way, yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
I don't know how their energy gets more as the
night goes on, but that's whathappens.
But yes, so I have three kids.
They're amazing.
So Grayson is my oldest.
He is at Gray Middle School.
This is his first year inmiddle school.
He's playing sixth gradebasketball.
That has been awesome.
He actually just finished thatlast night and super proud of
him he's.
He's a big kid like me, so he'she's the center and he's been
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doing really good pulling downsome rebounds.
My middle son, sawyer, is he'sour gamer we're trying to work
on that, but actually he'sreally good at it.
So he may have a YouTube youknow YouTuber possibility in his
in his future, but he's great.
He also plays basketball andlike football and he's just got
the biggest heart.
He hugs people at the bus stop.
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That he doesn't even reallyknow, but that's just.
That's his heart.
And then Charlotte is myyoungest, my daughter, and she's
my only girl.
So she's nine.
She'll be 10 here in April.
No, sorry, back that up, mike,she's eight.
She'll be nine in April.
Pull it together when there'sthree you just lose track.
But she's, she's amazing, she'sjust she doesn't have the diva
energy.
She's very, I think, causeshe's.
(14:08):
I say she's being raised bywolves because the two boys so
she has this very chill energyof she can still, you know, get,
get the makeup on, but then sheshe's going to be playing flag
football for the first time, soshe can kind of do a little bit
of both, which I love.
Okay, good, yes.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
So when you're kind of, when you've got kids who are
doing sports, that's run, run,run, do, do, do you know you've
got calendar and you're like Idon't know, how can we be two
places at once, right, right.
So the human Uber, yeah, yeah.
So to, to live that lifestylethat you're living and have a
(14:43):
business is kind of tough, buthow?
How has it worked out for you,just in terms of what the
expectation was versus thereality of it?
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Yeah, that's a good question.
I think you know, as withanybody who's probably starting
a small business, you know yougot to keep your head down, you
got to figure out you.
You know you got to keep yourhead down, you got to figure out
, you got to grind, you got tofigure out what you're doing and
keep growing and expanding asyou're able to.
And obviously with three kids Ithink I'm lucky because my kids
are kind of out of I feel likeI'm out of survival mode because
you know they are 8, 10 andalmost 12 years old, so they can
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hold down the fort and I'mcomfortable with them being even
by themselves years old, sothey can hold down the fort and
I'm comfortable with them beingeven by themselves.
So my husband and I can kind offigure out I'm working even
some weekends, because that justworks better for some of my
clients, and so we just, youknow we figure it out.
He goes here, I go there andit's worked out really well so
far that their sports are notthe ones that are.
You know we're not doing selectsports yet we're not traveling
(15:33):
too much, so it's it's beenpretty manageable and I think
the kiddos they're excited aboutit.
Even my daughter has started todo some purging herself.
She helped my mom likedeclutter and and organize her
playroom.
So it's being passed on to thekiddos as well.
So they're excited about thebusiness.
They see what I'm doing andthey support it, and obviously
(15:53):
so does Terry.
So it's it's working itself out.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
It's a good point.
You know your kids are watching, so you, you're a role model.
I mean, you're a role model toyour kids anyways, but for them
to see what you're going throughand what, what that looks like,
and get them dreaming, right.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Right yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Who knows what you're doing for the future them.
You know, in this moment, thatyou're building your, your
business Right.
You know, right in this moment,that you're building your
business Right.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
And I think one thing with my business that sets me
apart is that when I go into theclient's home I'm actually
taking items from them, so Idon't want them to have the
burden of keeping those thingsaround.
So the reason I bring that up isbecause currently I bring a lot
of things that I end up takingto either St Vincent de Paul.
I like to help get my clients alittle bit of money back, so
I'll take things to Once Upon aChild Plato's Closet, any of the
(16:39):
consignment shops that I havelocally to really get them some
money back.
But my kids see all that.
So it's currently the garage,is a little bit of the storage
for that, but I usually try toturn that around.
But they're seeing that.
They see that oh wow, like thisperson got rid of eight bags of
clothes or you know there's alot of great things that they're
donating, and so in their mindthey're understanding that
people are giving away thingsthat are going to a better home,
(17:01):
somebody who's going to lovethose items.
But we're probably going toneed a storage unit I feel like
at some point it's going tohappen, but that's that's.
one thing that I really enjoy isthat I can take that burden
from them but then be able to belike, hey, I there's got you
$70 from you know, once Upon aChild was great, by the way.
They take a lot of items andgive back a lot, so that's that
part has been fun for me to beable to say, yes, I'm taking
(17:23):
from you, but hey, by the way,let's, let's figure out if we
can get you a little bit ofmoney back.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
So okay, we'll just say this podcast is sponsored by
Once Upon a Child.
Once go there.
They're great.
They really are fantastic there.
They really really are.
So when people invite you intotheir space, I think there's a
little bit of hoarder in all ofus, even if we're not hoarders
by definition, whatever thatmight be.
Sure, from my perspective,where I'm a hoarder is anything
(17:50):
that my kids made in elementaryschool.
They're in totes.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
Yes, I never look at them Right, but I know they're
there.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Yes, I don't want to get rid of them Right, and I'll
be damned if someone's going tomake me throw them away or
whatever.
So can you just at least assurepeople that their private
protected stuff?
Is going to be okay.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
The private, protected stuff is going to be
okay.
I understand and I even myselfI understand there's things that
you want to hold on to.
There's those physical items.
The thing that I would say isto keep in and kind of keep in
your mind is one it's okay tokeep the memorabilia, and that's
always the thing I do last withclients.
So if we go through I have kindof a specific way that I go
through items with them,memorabilia is going to be last,
(18:32):
but I want them to hold on tothose things with an
understanding of when you openthat box, do all of those things
kind of give you that emotionof the picture or the memory?
Does that bring something goodto you and a reminder or a
memory to you?
If it doesn't, it's probably agood time to part with it.
And if you're looking at that,for example, for you and your
kids, do you think your kidswould want to hang on to that
(18:53):
down the line?
Right, I know, I know theyprobably won't so, but I think
it's thinking of that.
But also there are we're in thedigital world.
So there are apps.
There are apps that canactually you can take pictures
from an app and be able to say,okay, that was a really cool
trophy from back in the day withmy son or my daughter, but I
want to make sure I can capturethat digitally.
(19:14):
You can actually keep a bunchof stuff in the app and then
down the line maybe get a bookgreat you know, present over the
holidays, or something likethat.
But that way you're taking atote of physical items and maybe
thinning it out to just thethings.
If you want things few thingsphysical, but a lot of them, you
could think about even makingthat digital.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
So there's some options out there, good
suggestion.
So I mean heck, that's.
That alone is a great tip.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
I'm going to send you the link after this.
Mike, I'll send it to you.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
Yeah, and I'll drop it in at the bottom of the video
for this podcast.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Okay, I'll make sure people know, because I've got to
believe that that's a verypopular way for people to just
kind of hang on to those thingswithout actually having to keep
them in tubs in your basement.
Yes, yes because I ask myselfit's like okay, why am I hanging
out of this stuff?
Do I expect that, like at myfuneral, someone's going to be
(20:08):
taking these pictures andshoving them into my casket
before they close the lid?
Yeah, it's like you know Ican't take it with can't take it
with me?
yeah, I'm not, and I'm notlooking at them every day, but
they're just there.
And and why are they there?
I don't know.
It's a mental, emotional thing.
There's a big emotionalconnection to that stuff.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
You are not alone.
I have a lot of clients that dothat, and also they the clients
themselves.
So if it was me and you or mydad, for example, it's hard for
them to say, oh my gosh, my dadgave this to me or my dad wanted
me to hold to this.
So it's kind of having thoseconversations of even the kids
talking to their parents aboutthank you so much for giving
this to me.
(20:43):
Is it okay if I part with this?
Or is it okay if I take apicture of it, Because I can't
hold on to the physical items?
So it's kind of that.
It's a tricky conversationsometimes, but I think it's a
good conversation to be hadbecause, to your point, I don't
want all these things in mybasement necessarily.
I still want the memories, but Idon't need all the physical
items and all these totes thatare building up.
So and I will say mymother-in-law, love her, she's
(21:04):
an angel, but she's kept myhusband's teeth and hair from
haircuts and sometimes that'swhere you have to draw the line
Like again, is he going to wanthis teeth and hair down the line
?
He better not it, he better not.
It's not going to come in myhouse.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
I have teeth and hair in the basement in envelopes,
in Ziploc baggies.
Mike, we're going to have totalk after this, no, no judgment
.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
I understand those are things that you know you
hung on onto when the kids weregrowing up, do they?
I don't think they're going towant that.
When you know you hand themthat tote.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
They probably don't.
They probably don'tic.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
It's about you now, mike.
It's about you, it's about you.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
All right so yeah, you're educating me.
So, thank you, you're welcome.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
You're welcome.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
All right.
So one thing that keeps yourenergy up because you've got an
active family, you're runningthe business yes Is.
You've got a local communityhere in Union You're Burn
Bootcamp buddies yes they arebasically my home away from home
.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
I'm not this is not a paid ad, but I swear, if you
have not tried burn bootcamp inunion, get there.
It is right across from Ryle.
I'm there six days a weekbecause they're not open on
Sundays.
They are fantastic.
They are just welcomingliterally high five here.
That's what they do in thebootcamp.
It's very positive, veryuplifting.
The workouts are fantastic andI love them.
(22:22):
They're amazing.
Kristen Krista.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Jessica, you're awesome and I see them and I see
you and I see a lot of myfriends on social media because
they take a lot of video andthey're like, basically I don't
know if they're trying to guiltus into getting there, but it's
kind of working in that regard,and then it's like they're
getting up at 5 AM or whatever,and if they can do it, I can do
it.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
And it does.
You're right.
I'm not saying you're olderthan me, but you're just
slightly older than me, by maybea couple of years.
There are people there that are.
There's women in there that are65, 70 years old and they're
killing it.
So just to say that it's foreverybody and I love it.
They're just so welcoming and Ifeel better after I leave, not
just because of the physicalpart, but because they're just
so positive.
It's awesome.
So I love it.
I'm addicted.
(23:07):
That's one thing I'm addictedto, so I will put that out there
.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Yeah, I knew that that was a big part of your life
these days, anyways, and Iwanted to make sure you got to
shout them out.
Yes, yeah, they're part of thecommunity.
Yes, we love that Storytellingand education.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
I'm telling you that's where it is, that's where
it's at.
And yes, you're right, that'swhat keeps me going, as well as
caffeine and things like that,but that's what gets us through
the day, so.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
So then the last personal bit about you is when
you guys go on vacation, wheredo you guys like to go?
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Well, one of our favorite traditions we do over
Thanksgiving is we always go toPigeon Forge.
It's just kind of our time todecompress as a family, because
Christmas, as you know, can getcrazy.
So over Thanksgiving it's justour family, just the five of us.
We go to Pigeon Forge.
We usually get kind of a.
We love Big Bear, which is aresort in Pigeon Forge, stay in
(23:53):
a condo, the kids can swim,indoor swimming, and then we
always go to Dollywood.
We love Dollywood.
So that's just kind of ourholiday routine.
Other than that, we love to justdo little weekends we're
talking about doing one comingup in March just take the kids
out.
We love Louisville, just justplaces that are fairly close
that we can go and kind of checksome things out.
We're not big, big vacationpeople but we we like those
(24:14):
little short trips that we can.
We doney my husband's obsessedwith disney just because it's
the engineer in him that wantsto know how it was all created.
But we're typically weekendpeople and we love those kind of
traditions, especially overthanksgiving do the kids handle?
car rides.
Well, they do, they know, theydidn't used to.
There were some stickysituations with when you're
going through the mountains, tmi.
(24:36):
But just they, they're betternow.
They're not car sick.
So we're in those phases wherethey can, they can make it
through and get through longdrives too.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
You can ask my wife when we do car trips.
She drives, and probably nottoo long after we're, you know,
out of the subdivision.
I'm already sleeping.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
I'm so jealous, I can't sleep in any moving
vehicle let alone a car.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
I sleep in the car.
So my flights I sleep.
You know, when I'm traveling,my biggest fear is that I'm just
laying back on the airplanesnoring so loud oh my God,
you're one of those.
Yeah, jeez, mike, I have wokemyself up mid-snore and wondered
like, was that snore number onethat woke me up?
Or was that snore number onethat woke me up, or was that
(25:20):
snore number 200?
Oh my gosh and the entireairplane's mad at me.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
Right, right, right.
That's what earplugs are for.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
Everybody around you you're probably.
I'm sure they have earplugs infor sure.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
I'm jealous of that.
I'm jealous.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
Yeah.
That's a life, that's a skillthat's a life skill has to just
drive alone because I'm overthere sleeping.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
No, you're over there snoring my gosh, and she's got
some good podcasts to listen to.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
Correct yes, okay, well, if somebody wants to reach
out to you to learn more aboutUrge to Purge and to just kind
of have a conversation with youto talk about where they are and
how you might be able to helpthem, how do they reach you?
Speaker 2 (25:54):
The best way is to probably go through the website,
because that way you're able tosee, you know, specific
promotions that we have.
You can see before and afterpictures.
So our website isurge-to-purgecom, because
urge-to-purge is already taken,and then on Facebook and on
Instagram you can find us aturge-to-purge with Jamie.
So, yeah, I would love to hearfrom anybody if you've got needs
(26:20):
, big or small.
The other thing I'm trying tokind of reach into is we have a
lot of people that move.
So if you're thinking of movingor downsizing and you want
somebody to come in, it's thebest time to really purge and
think about getting rid of someof those items.
Especially if you're movingfrom a home to a condo, for
example, it's a perfect time.
So if you have some of thosethings you just have questions
about, you know what I do or howI can help.
(26:40):
Feel free to reach out.
I'd love to see if I can helpyou.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Well, now that you bring that up, I do have a
friend who's moving from a homein union to a townhouse in union
, downsizing considerably.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
And so, yeah, that's one of those moments that we
should be trained to say toourselves Jamie can help.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Jamie can help.
I might have you go throughthose teeth and hair memorabilia
but we'll do it together soyeah, no judgment, no judgment.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
All right.
Well, thanks for spending timewith us.
I would say, unless there'sanything else that we haven't
talked about, that you want toadd.
Speaker 2 (27:16):
The only other thing I would say that has been super
exciting for us.
We just did over this pastChristmas, so actually kind of
the week we got back from ourThanksgiving routine or our new
tradition sorry, thanksgivingtradition.
Once we got back from that, theweek after we did our Grinch
event.
So Grinch and Give is ourholiday event.
(27:37):
That's going to be annual hereon out because it was just so
much fun.
So the concept of Grinch andGive is our holiday event.
That's going to be annual hereon out because it was just so
much fun.
So the concept of Grinch andGive we did within the
neighborhood but we're going tobranch out as we move forward is
for the neighbors and theirkids to be able to go through
their house, collect some of thetoys that were not being used,
like softly used toys, gentlyused toys and they were able to
have the kids kind of put thoseout on their porch, put them in
(27:58):
bags.
We got so many things.
So the goal was for us to goaround.
We had about 60 houses thisyear.
We plan to have a lot more nextupcoming holiday but we were
able to go around dressed up asthe Grinch and my husband was
Max the dog, and we were able togo up to their porches, collect
their items, take it back withus again to my garage and to be
able to collect all those thingsthe neighbors were so giving.
(28:20):
I mean, there was probablyseven Barbie houses to be able
to donate to kids that wouldprobably never be able to have
that.
And so we, we love that event.
We're able to go out andcollect things and so the kids
get involved not just my kids,the kids and you know kind of
getting their items out and thenbeing able to give back to the
community.
So we're able to give back tourban back this year in terms of
(28:41):
a local school that was in need, but next year we plan to give
back to steeplechase and someother local schools, as well as
st vincent de paul, if there'sitems that we have that are just
extra, and we plan to have alot of extra items this year
because we're actually going topartner with big blue moving um
to be able to use their trucks,because this last time it was
our carnival and a couple othercars.
(29:01):
So just really looking forwardto branching out and having that
event again.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Shout out to Big Blue .
Yes, big Blue, and they'refriends of mine, and Big Blue
does a lot of good in thecommunity.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
Yes, so shout out to Evan Thompson.
She's been amazing.
I'm looking forward to ourcollaboration.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
I'll be seeing her in the morning.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
Yeah, there you go there, you go.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
So I guess you know thank you for bringing that up,
because if we had ended thispodcast and hadn't talked about
the Grinch and Give, I wouldhave kicked myself.
Speaker 2 (29:28):
So I should have brought the Grinch costume,
because then you could have wornthe hat or the mask.
This entire podcast that wouldhave been really cool.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
All right, so next time, what you're saying is
there's going to be podcast parttwo.
Yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Podcast before the Grinch and give, and Mike has
already agreed to wear the.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Grinch mask.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
So it's on, it's on.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
I'll help in some way , shape or form, if it involves,
you know, wearing a costume.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
Yes, you're in, so be it.
Good, take a note, it'sbeneficial Sign.
Sign on the dotted line.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
Well, let's do a little toast to this first
podcast With our Celsius,brought to you by Celsius Costco
.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
Get them from Costco.
They're amazing.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
So, with that being said, this brings this episode
to a close.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Thank you again for having me.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
You're welcome, Jamie .
I'm glad we got to sit down andcatch up a little bit.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
Me too.
Speaker 1 (30:17):
I wish you all the best with Purge to Purge.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
And with your Grinch and Give and all the things.
Yes, yeah, I've enjoyed beingyour friend from afar.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Me too.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
One block down, just one block down.
Sometimes it's just a littlewave or a little honk as I'm
driving past.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Yes, yes.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
You're welcome to my basement anytime.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
Yes, other than when you're watching Michigan, I will
not be here.
Thank you for having me.
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
You're welcome.
So, with that being said,everybody till next time.
This is the good neighborpodcast, so be good to your
neighbor and I'll see you at thenext podcast, whenever that
might be.
Looking forward to promotingmore business here in Northern
Kentucky.
See you later, everybody.
Bye-bye.
Speaker 2 (31:02):
Bye.
Thanks for listening to theGood Neighbor Podcast Union.
To nominate your favorite localbusinesses to be featured on
the show, go to GNPUnioncom.
That's GNPUnioncom, or call usat 859-651-8330.
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Mike Murphy.
Thank you, Charlie.
Yes, I am Mike Murphy, host ofthe Good Neighbor Podcast.
We are a podcast designed tohelp the residents of Northern
Kentucky know local businessowners and influencers as people
(00:25):
and not just as a logo on thebusiness card or the side of a
truck.
And you know, the more you knowabout the local business owners
, the more you tend to want todo business with them.
So that's why we're here today.
So the business owner that'swith me today is a good friend,
Jamie Bubb.
She's also a neighbor.
Yes, she walked herself downhere to my basement studio.
(00:47):
So we get to actually be coziedup to the mic together, as
opposed to doing sort of like aZoom-based podcast.
I like this better.
Yeah, it is so much better,yeah, and so welcome to the show
, jamie.
Thank you for having me.
I really appreciate it.
By the way, I want Mike'sbasement.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
It's got all the things entertainment.
Thank you for having me.
I really appreciate it.
By the way, I want Mike'sbasement.
It's got all the thingsentertainment.
Yeah, Other than Michigan.
I am totally jealous of hisbasement.
So kudos to you and your wife.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I assume you guys are Buckeye fans.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
We sure, are we sure?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
are yeah.
So given the fact that Michiganand Ohio State have won the
last two national championships,Michigan and Ohio State have
won the last two nationalchampionships.
That means we are due for theultimate showdown next season.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
And we will win Mike, so sorry in advance.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
We'll see.
We don't want to start fightingbefore we even begin the
podcast.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
We'll take that down.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
So let's put a pin in that.
Let's just put a note.
Sounds good.
Yeah, circle back later.
Go blue, go Buckeyes.
So one of the things that we'rehere to talk about today is
your business Urge to Purge, andyou know a heck of a lot more
about it than I do, so we'regoing to let you talk about Urge
(02:00):
to Purge.
What is Urge to Purge?
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Fantastic and I've got my Urge to Purge shirt on
right here.
So Urge to Purge I started overthe summer, and for Urge to
Purge, basically kind of thebackstory and why I started, it
is, first of all, I'm a nurse bybackground and over the summer,
my brother and he's open to mesharing this but my brother went
through a bit of a mentalhealth crisis and so they had
(02:23):
adopted a baby, they had a lotgoing on, and so basically with
him, things stopped for him.
He had to stop work and so hewas going through a really rough
time, and so the only thing Ikind of knew how to do is go
over there.
The sister and the nurse in meis like, okay, how can I help?
And so we all kind of jumped tohelp him and, being there with
him and his family, I lookedaround.
I thought, ok, what are thethings that I can tackle for him
(02:45):
and for his wife and for thisbaby that can take some anxiety
off of him.
So let's go through the pantry,let's go through the laundry
room, let's kind of makeeverything nice and decluttered
and kind of give them a freshstart with everything that they
had going on, take that anxietyoff of them.
So that's kind of where wherethe story started and why I
started.
Urge to Purge Started with mybrother and then obviously kind
(03:10):
of grew it from there.
So some family, friends, familyyou know continued to kind of
ask me to come over help themwith things, and it just grew
from there.
There was such a need for it.
But also for me it's verycathartic.
I think it's the nurse in methat was like this feels kind of
like bedside care I'm able totake care of people and leave
kind of feeling better aboutthings and they're feeling
better about things.
And so I think my big focus forUrge to Purge is mental health
and just really helping peoplekind of reduce that burden,
(03:32):
reduce that anxiety and you know, if there's little things I can
do around the house for themthat makes them feel good and
makes them want to use theirspace to the fullest, that
that's what makes me happy.
So really for Urge to Purge,what I do is I go into clients'
homes, talk about what theirgoals are, what are the spaces
that they would like to bedecluttered, and some places I'm
going in and they just want amaster closet done.
(03:54):
Some places I'm going in like.
I have a current client rightnow.
Her entire condo is clutteredand she just didn't know where
to start.
So kind of head to toe.
It just depends on what theclient needs.
But I go in.
I think what sets me aside alittle bit is I go in focus on
purge first and that's urge topurge, because I don't want to
focus on organizing.
Organizing is kind of a nice tohave and I do organizing, but
(04:16):
the purging and the declutteringreally has to come first, and
then organization is kind of thecherry on top.
So that's what I do and that'swhy I do it.
And so it's really just grownand kind of everything that is
coming to me including, thanksto you, the podcast and
different things that are comingmy way.
I just take each thing as itcomes because it feels natural,
(04:38):
it feels like the next thing Ishould be doing with the
business, so it's been reallyexciting.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Okay.
So I can kind of see how peoplecould reach a point where
things kind of get on top ofthem and they don't know where
to begin.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
I'll be honest when it comes to business, I'm that
way.
I have an ever growing to-dolist.
I work my way through what Ican, yep, and before you know it
, I've got the week's worth ofstuff staring at me and it's got
to be done in the next two orthree days.
Right, and in those moments I'mnot sure where to begin.
Right, right.
We are all wired differently ashuman beings, and so I have
(05:14):
learned it's OK to ask for help.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
But some of us are too stubborn to do it so,
logically, we know it, but wedon't always take the time to
say all right, I can't do thison my own, I need help.
So you are a natural bornhelper and you're a safe place
for those of us to turn.
Safe place to land.
Safe place to land so thatpeople can get unstuck and move
(05:42):
forward.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
That's probably one of the biggest things I hear is,
regardless of the clients thatI'm helping, that really is the
main thing that they say I don'tknow where to start.
Please come in, help me getmotivated.
Some of my clients, includingsome of our neighbors, they just
they're busy, they have spacesthat are cluttered, that in
their mind and, like your to-dolist, it's something that's just
(06:03):
in the back of their mind,that's bothering them.
So even though they're goingthrough their normal day kicking
butt in their business, theystill in the back of their mind
realize there's that room orthere's that closet or there's
that space and for those peoplethat that really weighs them
down.
And I've noticed for certainpeople, especially if it, if it
gets to be to the point of thisclient that I have, it's her
entire condo.
She doesn't want to go outsideof her condo because she feels
(06:27):
stuck in the clutter.
She feels stuck and doesn'tfeel like she should go outside
because she feels like sheshould be inside working on her
home and so just me being thatthird party person to go in.
That's really been beneficialfor her to say, even if I'm just
sitting next to her let's sitnext to each other, let's go
through this bin together, moveon to the next one, and so
that's really been helpful forher.
(06:49):
But again, each client isdifferent but I have heard from
my clients Thank you for havingno judgment.
You know, when you're cominginto my home, because I've been
embarrassed about the basement,I've been embarrassed about the
playroom and it's like that'sfine, there's, there's no
(07:10):
judgment for my end not just thenurse in me, but I've already
seen a lot and I and clutterdoesn't, it doesn't scare me,
Like it doesn't matter how muchclutter you have.
There's no judgment.
So that's why I have the jobthat I have is because I want to
be able to come in and help theclutter.
To be honest, it sounds weird.
The more clutter you have, themore excited I get, because I
realized there's opportunitythere and there's things that we
can do to tackle it.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
So okay, Well, you started with your brother and
you forgive me if you've alreadymentioned this, but how long
ago was that?
How long have you sort of beenin this mode?
When was that it's been about?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
June.
June is kind of the timeframewhere that kind of all hit.
And just so, prior to startingthis business, I'm a nurse, but
also I was in health IT forabout 12, 13 years and so that
job also, as I was kind ofstarting this business, I
realized I don't think this iswhat I'm supposed to be doing, I
(07:55):
don't think I should becontinuing this.
This is really what I want toput my focus.
And so with my husband, terryand I, we were like OK, this is
what you want to do, this iswhat makes you feel good and
this is what you think is goingto be your next chapter.
And that's that's where I amtoday.
So I'm super excited and talkabout mental health.
I think when I put away the oldjob, I just I felt this burden
(08:16):
come off because now I'm I'm incontrol of the business.
I'm in control of what happensnext, and so that's been a huge
relief for me too, and that wasthe clutter in my life that I
was able to get off, and now Ifeel like I'm doing the right
thing.
I'm this is what I'm meant tobe doing, so I'm excited about
that.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
So I'm kind of wired, a little bit like you, in that
I enjoy helping people.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Yes, you do.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
And when you're helping others, you are also
helping yourself.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
So it's therapeutic for the helper as much as it is
the person who's raising theirhand and saying I need help.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Right, and I like that about you because what I've
noticed about certain people,you included, is you're not
holding anything close to yourchest.
If something's worked for youor you've known it's worked for
somebody else that you've helped, you're just like an open book
Use this, try this.
Have you thought about this?
And that's thank you for that.
That's been great.
And so the people that I've runinto you know that are in their
(09:08):
own business.
They've started their own smallbusiness.
Thank you for those that I'vetalked to, including Mike.
Just any little tidbit that youknow I've been given, I've just
taken that and just try tofigure out if that's going to
work for me.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
So the local entrepreneurial community is
very giving and we all want tohelp each other and and and you
know, if you help somebody thenit boomerangs back and you get
so much more out of it than whatyou, what you give.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
So exactly, yeah, I feel like if you put out to the
universe not only that you wantto grow your business and do
better, but if you're looking atsomebody else not just to say
how can you help me with mybusiness, but it's like let's
get to know each other first andthen let's figure out how I can
help grow your business andvice versa.
I feel like I want to startwith the relationship first,
like you and I have, and thenalso kind of move on from there
(09:54):
and just figure out how we cancollaborate and how we can grow.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Okay, and sometimes that involves a podcast.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
It does, and this is my first time, mike, so thank
you for that.
I'm excited, you're welcome.
You're welcome.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
And I'm still learning.
With every podcast, I'mlearning.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
So how many have you done?
Speaker 1 (10:07):
by the way, 55 ish, I think so far.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
But I've got.
I've got colleagues who havedone four or five hundred yes,
and one who's approaching athousand right now.
Wow, so I have a long way to go.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Wow, but you've already helped 55 people, so
that's huge.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Yeah, storytelling and education is a huge part of
what I do, yes, so that's whywe're cozied up to the mic today
.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
That's right.
That's right Storytelling.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Yes, I love your logo , thank you.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Thank you, I appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Okay, so let's talk a little bit about the fact that
when you are a business owner,your family, especially your
spouse, is kind of very heavilyinvolved, whether they want to
be or not.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
So you mentioned Terry's name.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
What does Terry do?
So my husband, terry, first ofall.
We'll be married 20 years thisyear, which is crazy.
I'm old, but thank you.
He is amazing.
He actually works for Valvoline, which is located in Lexington.
Thankfully, post pandemic he'swork.
He's working remotely primarily, but he has been amazing.
He's got marketing and he'scurrently in marketing and
(11:14):
that's kind of his background,his backgrounds in business, and
so this really fit really welland so he's been able to kind of
brag about me in his space andon LinkedIn and kind of do his
thing there.
But also, you know, help melaunch the website and help me
think about how we can market,how we can advertise.
And so it's been.
It's been fun.
I mean, we've had a couple youknow tips here and there,
because he he knows the way thatI want to run things, but also
(11:38):
he's like well, what about this,or have you thought about this?
And so we're the marriage ofthis whole business is kind of
we're working some of the kinksout for sure.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
And you're like hey, hey, bucko, I know yeah Like,
leave me alone.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yeah, exactly.
Well, he's the way he thinks islike an Excel sheet and I don't
think like an Excel sheet, butit's good.
I think that's a good balanceof he's the details, he's the
detail oriented one and onceeverything, the process and the
things laid out, and I'm like Ijust want to go in and help them
.
And he's like, yeah, we got todo these things first too.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
So it's been a really good.
She thinks spreadsheets and akeyboard.
If it doesn't have a 10 keycalculator keypad, she's lost.
Yeah, it takes sometimes theyin and the yang to be able to
work through these things as acouple.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Totally A hundred percent.
Yeah, I think he's.
He's a little bit more detailoriented and I'm more the people
pleaser, you know, want to getin there and do it myself, and
so we're kind of just.
You know, we're learning ourour way through, which has been
great.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
So I've seen your kids running around the
neighborhood.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
Yes, they do that.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Great kids, all of them you know.
Very cute, very well behaved,thank you, that's on you guys.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
In public.
They do that very well.
Yes.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
I'm sure that a half hour before bedtime it's not
always that way, yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
I don't know how their energy gets more as the
night goes on, but that's whathappens.
But yes, so I have three kids.
They're amazing.
So Grayson is my oldest.
He is at Gray Middle School.
This is his first year inmiddle school.
He's playing sixth gradebasketball.
That has been awesome.
He actually just finished thatlast night and super proud of
him he's.
He's a big kid like me, so he'she's the center and he's been
(13:25):
doing really good pulling downsome rebounds.
My middle son, sawyer, is he'sour gamer we're trying to work
on that, but actually he'sreally good at it.
So he may have a YouTube youknow YouTuber possibility in his
in his future, but he's great.
He also plays basketball andlike football and he's just got
the biggest heart.
He hugs people at the bus stop.
(13:46):
That he doesn't even reallyknow, but that's just.
That's his heart.
And then Charlotte is myyoungest, my daughter, and she's
my only girl.
So she's nine.
She'll be 10 here in April.
No, sorry, back that up, mike,she's eight.
She'll be nine in April.
Pull it together when there'sthree you just lose track.
But she's, she's amazing, she'sjust she doesn't have the diva
energy.
She's very, I think, causeshe's.
(14:08):
I say she's being raised bywolves because the two boys so
she has this very chill energyof she can still, you know, get,
get the makeup on, but then sheshe's going to be playing flag
football for the first time, soshe can kind of do a little bit
of both, which I love.
Okay, good, yes.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
So when you're kind of, when you've got kids who are
doing sports, that's run, run,run, do, do, do you know you've
got calendar and you're like Idon't know, how can we be two
places at once, right, right.
So the human Uber, yeah, yeah.
So to, to live that lifestylethat you're living and have a
(14:43):
business is kind of tough, buthow?
How has it worked out for you,just in terms of what the
expectation was versus thereality of it?
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Yeah, that's a good question.
I think you know, as withanybody who's probably starting
a small business, you know yougot to keep your head down, you
got to figure out you.
You know you got to keep yourhead down, you got to figure out
, you got to grind, you got tofigure out what you're doing and
keep growing and expanding asyou're able to.
And obviously with three kids Ithink I'm lucky because my kids
are kind of out of I feel likeI'm out of survival mode because
you know they are 8, 10 andalmost 12 years old, so they can
(15:12):
hold down the fort and I'mcomfortable with them being even
by themselves years old, sothey can hold down the fort and
I'm comfortable with them beingeven by themselves.
So my husband and I can kind offigure out I'm working even
some weekends, because that justworks better for some of my
clients, and so we just, youknow we figure it out.
He goes here, I go there andit's worked out really well so
far that their sports are notthe ones that are.
You know we're not doing selectsports yet we're not traveling
(15:33):
too much, so it's it's beenpretty manageable and I think
the kiddos they're excited aboutit.
Even my daughter has started todo some purging herself.
She helped my mom likedeclutter and and organize her
playroom.
So it's being passed on to thekiddos as well.
So they're excited about thebusiness.
They see what I'm doing andthey support it, and obviously
(15:53):
so does Terry.
So it's it's working itself out.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
It's a good point.
You know your kids are watching, so you, you're a role model.
I mean, you're a role model toyour kids anyways, but for them
to see what you're going throughand what, what that looks like,
and get them dreaming, right.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Right yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Who knows what you're doing for the future them.
You know, in this moment, thatyou're building your, your
business Right.
You know, right in this moment,that you're building your
business Right.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
And I think one thing with my business that sets me
apart is that when I go into theclient's home I'm actually
taking items from them, so Idon't want them to have the
burden of keeping those thingsaround.
So the reason I bring that up isbecause currently I bring a lot
of things that I end up takingto either St Vincent de Paul.
I like to help get my clients alittle bit of money back, so
I'll take things to Once Upon aChild Plato's Closet, any of the
(16:39):
consignment shops that I havelocally to really get them some
money back.
But my kids see all that.
So it's currently the garage,is a little bit of the storage
for that, but I usually try toturn that around.
But they're seeing that.
They see that oh wow, like thisperson got rid of eight bags of
clothes or you know there's alot of great things that they're
donating, and so in their mindthey're understanding that
people are giving away thingsthat are going to a better home,
(17:01):
somebody who's going to lovethose items.
But we're probably going toneed a storage unit I feel like
at some point it's going tohappen, but that's that's.
one thing that I really enjoy isthat I can take that burden
from them but then be able to belike, hey, I there's got you
$70 from you know, once Upon aChild was great, by the way.
They take a lot of items andgive back a lot, so that's that
part has been fun for me to beable to say, yes, I'm taking
(17:23):
from you, but hey, by the way,let's, let's figure out if we
can get you a little bit ofmoney back.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
So okay, we'll just say this podcast is sponsored by
Once Upon a Child.
Once go there.
They're great.
They really are fantastic there.
They really really are.
So when people invite you intotheir space, I think there's a
little bit of hoarder in all ofus, even if we're not hoarders
by definition, whatever thatmight be.
Sure, from my perspective,where I'm a hoarder is anything
(17:50):
that my kids made in elementaryschool.
They're in totes.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
Yes, I never look at them Right, but I know they're
there.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Yes, I don't want to get rid of them Right, and I'll
be damned if someone's going tomake me throw them away or
whatever.
So can you just at least assurepeople that their private
protected stuff?
Is going to be okay.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
The private, protected stuff is going to be
okay.
I understand and I even myselfI understand there's things that
you want to hold on to.
There's those physical items.
The thing that I would say isto keep in and kind of keep in
your mind is one it's okay tokeep the memorabilia, and that's
always the thing I do last withclients.
So if we go through I have kindof a specific way that I go
through items with them,memorabilia is going to be last,
(18:32):
but I want them to hold on tothose things with an
understanding of when you openthat box, do all of those things
kind of give you that emotionof the picture or the memory?
Does that bring something goodto you and a reminder or a
memory to you?
If it doesn't, it's probably agood time to part with it.
And if you're looking at that,for example, for you and your
kids, do you think your kidswould want to hang on to that
(18:53):
down the line?
Right, I know, I know theyprobably won't so, but I think
it's thinking of that.
But also there are we're in thedigital world.
So there are apps.
There are apps that canactually you can take pictures
from an app and be able to say,okay, that was a really cool
trophy from back in the day withmy son or my daughter, but I
want to make sure I can capturethat digitally.
(19:14):
You can actually keep a bunchof stuff in the app and then
down the line maybe get a bookgreat you know, present over the
holidays, or something likethat.
But that way you're taking atote of physical items and maybe
thinning it out to just thethings.
If you want things few thingsphysical, but a lot of them, you
could think about even makingthat digital.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
So there's some options out there, good
suggestion.
So I mean heck, that's.
That alone is a great tip.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
I'm going to send you the link after this.
Mike, I'll send it to you.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
Yeah, and I'll drop it in at the bottom of the video
for this podcast.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Okay, I'll make sure people know, because I've got to
believe that that's a verypopular way for people to just
kind of hang on to those thingswithout actually having to keep
them in tubs in your basement.
Yes, yes because I ask myselfit's like okay, why am I hanging
out of this stuff?
Do I expect that, like at myfuneral, someone's going to be
(20:08):
taking these pictures andshoving them into my casket
before they close the lid?
Yeah, it's like you know Ican't take it with can't take it
with me?
yeah, I'm not, and I'm notlooking at them every day, but
they're just there.
And and why are they there?
I don't know.
It's a mental, emotional thing.
There's a big emotionalconnection to that stuff.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
You are not alone.
I have a lot of clients that dothat, and also they the clients
themselves.
So if it was me and you or mydad, for example, it's hard for
them to say, oh my gosh, my dadgave this to me or my dad wanted
me to hold to this.
So it's kind of having thoseconversations of even the kids
talking to their parents aboutthank you so much for giving
this to me.
(20:43):
Is it okay if I part with this?
Or is it okay if I take apicture of it, Because I can't
hold on to the physical items?
So it's kind of that.
It's a tricky conversationsometimes, but I think it's a
good conversation to be hadbecause, to your point, I don't
want all these things in mybasement necessarily.
I still want the memories, but Idon't need all the physical
items and all these totes thatare building up.
So and I will say mymother-in-law, love her, she's
(21:04):
an angel, but she's kept myhusband's teeth and hair from
haircuts and sometimes that'swhere you have to draw the line
Like again, is he going to wanthis teeth and hair down the line
?
He better not it, he better not.
It's not going to come in myhouse.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
I have teeth and hair in the basement in envelopes,
in Ziploc baggies.
Mike, we're going to have totalk after this, no, no judgment
.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
I understand those are things that you know you
hung on onto when the kids weregrowing up, do they?
I don't think they're going towant that.
When you know you hand themthat tote.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
They probably don't.
They probably don'tic.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
It's about you now, mike.
It's about you, it's about you.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
All right so yeah, you're educating me.
So, thank you, you're welcome.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
You're welcome.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
All right.
So one thing that keeps yourenergy up because you've got an
active family, you're runningthe business yes Is.
You've got a local communityhere in Union You're Burn
Bootcamp buddies yes they arebasically my home away from home
.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
I'm not this is not a paid ad, but I swear, if you
have not tried burn bootcamp inunion, get there.
It is right across from Ryle.
I'm there six days a weekbecause they're not open on
Sundays.
They are fantastic.
They are just welcomingliterally high five here.
That's what they do in thebootcamp.
It's very positive, veryuplifting.
The workouts are fantastic andI love them.
(22:22):
They're amazing.
Kristen Krista.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Jessica, you're awesome and I see them and I see
you and I see a lot of myfriends on social media because
they take a lot of video andthey're like, basically I don't
know if they're trying to guiltus into getting there, but it's
kind of working in that regard,and then it's like they're
getting up at 5 AM or whatever,and if they can do it, I can do
it.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
And it does.
You're right.
I'm not saying you're olderthan me, but you're just
slightly older than me, by maybea couple of years.
There are people there that are.
There's women in there that are65, 70 years old and they're
killing it.
So just to say that it's foreverybody and I love it.
They're just so welcoming and Ifeel better after I leave, not
just because of the physicalpart, but because they're just
so positive.
It's awesome.
So I love it.
I'm addicted.
(23:07):
That's one thing I'm addictedto, so I will put that out there
.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Yeah, I knew that that was a big part of your life
these days, anyways, and Iwanted to make sure you got to
shout them out.
Yes, yeah, they're part of thecommunity.
Yes, we love that Storytellingand education.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
I'm telling you that's where it is, that's where
it's at.
And yes, you're right, that'swhat keeps me going, as well as
caffeine and things like that,but that's what gets us through
the day, so.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
So then the last personal bit about you is when
you guys go on vacation, wheredo you guys like to go?
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Well, one of our favorite traditions we do over
Thanksgiving is we always go toPigeon Forge.
It's just kind of our time todecompress as a family, because
Christmas, as you know, can getcrazy.
So over Thanksgiving it's justour family, just the five of us.
We go to Pigeon Forge.
We usually get kind of a.
We love Big Bear, which is aresort in Pigeon Forge, stay in
(23:53):
a condo, the kids can swim,indoor swimming, and then we
always go to Dollywood.
We love Dollywood.
So that's just kind of ourholiday routine.
Other than that, we love to justdo little weekends we're
talking about doing one comingup in March just take the kids
out.
We love Louisville, just justplaces that are fairly close
that we can go and kind of checksome things out.
We're not big, big vacationpeople but we we like those
(24:14):
little short trips that we can.
We doney my husband's obsessedwith disney just because it's
the engineer in him that wantsto know how it was all created.
But we're typically weekendpeople and we love those kind of
traditions, especially overthanksgiving do the kids handle?
car rides.
Well, they do, they know, theydidn't used to.
There were some stickysituations with when you're
going through the mountains, tmi.
(24:36):
But just they, they're betternow.
They're not car sick.
So we're in those phases wherethey can, they can make it
through and get through longdrives too.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
You can ask my wife when we do car trips.
She drives, and probably nottoo long after we're, you know,
out of the subdivision.
I'm already sleeping.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
I'm so jealous, I can't sleep in any moving
vehicle let alone a car.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
I sleep in the car.
So my flights I sleep.
You know, when I'm traveling,my biggest fear is that I'm just
laying back on the airplanesnoring so loud oh my God,
you're one of those.
Yeah, jeez, mike, I have wokemyself up mid-snore and wondered
like, was that snore number onethat woke me up?
Or was that snore number onethat woke me up, or was that
(25:20):
snore number 200?
Oh my gosh and the entireairplane's mad at me.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
Right, right, right.
That's what earplugs are for.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
Everybody around you you're probably.
I'm sure they have earplugs infor sure.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
I'm jealous of that.
I'm jealous.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
Yeah.
That's a life, that's a skillthat's a life skill has to just
drive alone because I'm overthere sleeping.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
No, you're over there snoring my gosh, and she's got
some good podcasts to listen to.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
Correct yes, okay, well, if somebody wants to reach
out to you to learn more aboutUrge to Purge and to just kind
of have a conversation with youto talk about where they are and
how you might be able to helpthem, how do they reach you?
Speaker 2 (25:54):
The best way is to probably go through the website,
because that way you're able tosee, you know, specific
promotions that we have.
You can see before and afterpictures.
So our website isurge-to-purgecom, because
urge-to-purge is already taken,and then on Facebook and on
Instagram you can find us aturge-to-purge with Jamie.
So, yeah, I would love to hearfrom anybody if you've got needs
(26:20):
, big or small.
The other thing I'm trying tokind of reach into is we have a
lot of people that move.
So if you're thinking of movingor downsizing and you want
somebody to come in, it's thebest time to really purge and
think about getting rid of someof those items.
Especially if you're movingfrom a home to a condo, for
example, it's a perfect time.
So if you have some of thosethings you just have questions
about, you know what I do or howI can help.
(26:40):
Feel free to reach out.
I'd love to see if I can helpyou.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Well, now that you bring that up, I do have a
friend who's moving from a homein union to a townhouse in union
, downsizing considerably.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
And so, yeah, that's one of those moments that we
should be trained to say toourselves Jamie can help.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Jamie can help.
I might have you go throughthose teeth and hair memorabilia
but we'll do it together soyeah, no judgment, no judgment.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
All right.
Well, thanks for spending timewith us.
I would say, unless there'sanything else that we haven't
talked about, that you want toadd.
Speaker 2 (27:16):
The only other thing I would say that has been super
exciting for us.
We just did over this pastChristmas, so actually kind of
the week we got back from ourThanksgiving routine or our new
tradition sorry, thanksgivingtradition.
Once we got back from that, theweek after we did our Grinch
event.
So Grinch and Give is ourholiday event.
(27:37):
That's going to be annual hereon out because it was just so
much fun.
So the concept of Grinch andGive is our holiday event.
That's going to be annual hereon out because it was just so
much fun.
So the concept of Grinch andGive we did within the
neighborhood but we're going tobranch out as we move forward is
for the neighbors and theirkids to be able to go through
their house, collect some of thetoys that were not being used,
like softly used toys, gentlyused toys and they were able to
have the kids kind of put thoseout on their porch, put them in
(27:58):
bags.
We got so many things.
So the goal was for us to goaround.
We had about 60 houses thisyear.
We plan to have a lot more nextupcoming holiday but we were
able to go around dressed up asthe Grinch and my husband was
Max the dog, and we were able togo up to their porches, collect
their items, take it back withus again to my garage and to be
able to collect all those thingsthe neighbors were so giving.
(28:20):
I mean, there was probablyseven Barbie houses to be able
to donate to kids that wouldprobably never be able to have
that.
And so we, we love that event.
We're able to go out andcollect things and so the kids
get involved not just my kids,the kids and you know kind of
getting their items out and thenbeing able to give back to the
community.
So we're able to give back tourban back this year in terms of
(28:41):
a local school that was in need, but next year we plan to give
back to steeplechase and someother local schools, as well as
st vincent de paul, if there'sitems that we have that are just
extra, and we plan to have alot of extra items this year
because we're actually going topartner with big blue moving um
to be able to use their trucks,because this last time it was
our carnival and a couple othercars.
(29:01):
So just really looking forwardto branching out and having that
event again.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Shout out to Big Blue .
Yes, big Blue, and they'refriends of mine, and Big Blue
does a lot of good in thecommunity.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
Yes, so shout out to Evan Thompson.
She's been amazing.
I'm looking forward to ourcollaboration.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
I'll be seeing her in the morning.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
Yeah, there you go there, you go.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
So I guess you know thank you for bringing that up,
because if we had ended thispodcast and hadn't talked about
the Grinch and Give, I wouldhave kicked myself.
Speaker 2 (29:28):
So I should have brought the Grinch costume,
because then you could have wornthe hat or the mask.
This entire podcast that wouldhave been really cool.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
All right, so next time, what you're saying is
there's going to be podcast parttwo.
Yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Podcast before the Grinch and give, and Mike has
already agreed to wear the.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Grinch mask.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
So it's on, it's on.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
I'll help in some way , shape or form, if it involves,
you know, wearing a costume.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
Yes, you're in, so be it.
Good, take a note, it'sbeneficial Sign.
Sign on the dotted line.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
Well, let's do a little toast to this first
podcast With our Celsius,brought to you by Celsius Costco
.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
Get them from Costco.
They're amazing.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
So, with that being said, this brings this episode
to a close.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Thank you again for having me.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
You're welcome, Jamie .
I'm glad we got to sit down andcatch up a little bit.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
Me too.
Speaker 1 (30:17):
I wish you all the best with Purge to Purge.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
And with your Grinch and Give and all the things.
Yes, yeah, I've enjoyed beingyour friend from afar.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Me too.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
One block down, just one block down.
Sometimes it's just a littlewave or a little honk as I'm
driving past.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Yes, yes.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
You're welcome to my basement anytime.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
Yes, other than when you're watching Michigan, I will
not be here.
Thank you for having me.
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
You're welcome.
So, with that being said,everybody till next time.
This is the good neighborpodcast, so be good to your
neighbor and I'll see you at thenext podcast, whenever that
might be.
Looking forward to promotingmore business here in Northern
Kentucky.
See you later, everybody.
Bye-bye.
Speaker 2 (31:02):
Bye.
Thanks for listening to theGood Neighbor Podcast Union.
To nominate your favorite localbusinesses to be featured on
the show, go to GNPUnioncom.
That's GNPUnioncom, or call usat 859-651-8330.
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